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Hi again!

Happy Aliya-versary to us! This week we completed our third year in the Land -- both on the Hebrew calendar and on the secular one. To celebrate, we ... well, we didn't do anything special, to be honest. Now that we've been here this long, it seems we've been here forever. And yet, there are always the "little things" that remind us we came from a ''long'' way away.

Like Esther waiting in line at the supermarket. It was taking a long time, and one of the cashiers suggested she go to the "quick" line. "No", said my wife, "it wouldn't be fair since I have a lot more than ten items". At which explanation, all about her commented with disbelief that ''anyone'' could be such a ''freier'' (sucker).

Or like a conversation with a dear friend of ours still in the USA. I mentioned to him that there was a nice house "just around the corner" from us, and he asked if it came "with a job that will never have layoffs". To which my dear wife replied, "Do you now have a job that will never have layoffs?". And that really ''is'' the crux of the matter, isn't it?

Work was (as usual) hectic for both of us this week, though nothing too out of the ordinary. Our neighbor came over to ask for help translating some instructions from English so she could understand what to do, and we were delighted to find that we could explain everything. Three years, baby!

Esther and Daniela went to the beach this week, and both came back a bit more sunburned than they should have. To offset their fun, they also visited the dentist (not that day). Sarah in the meantime went to {{wiki|Bariloche}} with her Grandfather, and survived (apparently) by eating cookies (there being little in the way of kosher food in the Andes). Daniela made a dessert she has called ''fig slop'', attesting to both its provenance (made from figs) and its appearance (well, you get the idea). It ''did'' taste good, but the recipe from which she made it seems to have had quantities wrong or something.

A bad week for privacy advocates. The WPA2 protocol used to make your "wireless network" secure [http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/07/24/2214211/Wi-Fi-WPA2-Vulnerability-Found?from=rss has been shown to have a vulnerability]. In the UK, an ISP [http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2010/07/26/uk-isp-talktalk-monitoring-its-customers-online-activity-without-consent.html monitors its customers without consent]. And those of you who are leery of using the ATMs in convenience stores are now justified in your paranoia: [http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/354962/atm_hack_gives_cash_demand/ some ATMs can be hacked]. Someone gives a demonstration on [http://infoworld.com/d/security-central/att-wont-stop-black-hat-demo-cell-phone-eavesdropping-949 how to eavesdrop on cell-phones]. And the Obama administration wants to make it even easier for [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072806141_pf.html the FBI to get records on your internet activity]. Don't you feel more secure, now?

Ah well. On to the "odds-n-ends":
* Dennis Prager asks, just how open-minded [http://www.jewishjournal.com/dennis_prager/article/how_open-minded_are_jewish_liberals_20100727/ are Jewish liberals], really?
* "Oldest living man" in Tokyo [http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2010/07/29/20100729japan-mummified-body-oldest-man.html actually died thirty years ago]
* Some alternative energy sources [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/07/29/1587349/cheeseburger-stuffed-in-cars-gas.html can ruin your vehicle]
* Who do you think [http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-07-30/ I identify with] in this comic?

Sarah is coming back next week, B"H! But this ''shabbat'' it's just the three of us, and we'll be feasting upon tuna-stuffed tomatoes, ''salatim'', butternut-squash soup, baked chicken, baked sweet-potatoes, roasted lamb-ribs, homemade plum and nectarine sorbets.

Until next week,<br>
Shabbat shalom !<br>

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 * Who do you think [http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-07-30/ I identify with] in this comic?

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